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Topics for online orientation - Coggle Diagram
Topics for online orientation
1. ACER's perspective on assessment
Sources
Videos
Thinking differently about assessment with Professor Geoff Masters
Texts
Margaret Forster -
'Informative Assessment: Understanding and guiding learning'
In Ridden and Heldsigner (
What teachers need to know about assessment and reporting
) - p.37 'Assessment that leads to improved student learning'
PAT Foundations - 'Introduction to assessment concepts' -> 'What is the purpose of assessment?'
Key points
The purpose of assessment is to determine where students are in their learning at a given time
By determining where students are in their learning, teachers know what the next steps are in each student's learning
Students in any given classroom will be at very different stages in their learning
3. Using assessments to improve learning
Key points
ACER's assessments are designed to facilitate this by providing rich sources of information about what students can or cannot do in a
learning area
What is a learning area
How is a learning area defined (strands - proficiencies/reading processes)
Our reports show student achievement by strand & proficiencies & reading processes
The benefits of using data (p16 from
Using data to improve learning
)
The reports helpful for classroom teachers are (a) bands, (b) group (or item performance), and (c) individual
2. Assessment terminology
Concepts
Assessment of learning (AKA summative)
Assessment for learning (AKA diagnostic, formative, informative)
Reporting
stanine
percentile
scale score
raw score
band score
Use PEK/PAT Foundations for definitions of these
4. Using assessments to evaluate school performance
Key points
School leaders look at data from a big-picture perspective, whereas classroom teachers look at data with a finer level of detail
Key areas of concerns for school leader are: (a) School achievement levels and trends; (b) Class achievement levels and trends
The reports helpful for school leaders are (a) bands, (b) norm reference, (c) longitudinal
5. Overview of OARS assessments
PAT Suite
Literacy
PAT Reading
PAT Early Years Reading
PAT Reading 5th Edition
PAT Reading Adaptive
PAT Spelling
PAT Grammar and Punctuation
PAT Vocabulary
PAT Vocabulary Skills
Numeracy
PAT Maths
Science
PAT Science
PAT STEM Contexts
Key points
All items aligned to Australian curriculum
Designed to help schools...
Monitor growth over time
Diangose class/individual learning needs
Compare student achievement to a nationally representative sample
International
PAIS
PASME
Contests
Global Academic Challenge
Reasoning
AGAT
ART
Surveys
SEW
SLQ
AVQ
Languages
ALC
VCAA
Common OARS Scenarios
Staff management
Request to become an admin
Registrations
International school registration
Vic school registration
Home school registration
Tutor registration
Identifying a system client school